No museum exhibition in history has captured our hearts and minds like King Tut. From 1976 to 1979 a smaller number of treasures from Tutankhamun's tomb were displayed in the United States during a seven-city tour of Treasures of Tutankhamun, attracting eight million visitors and setting show attendance records - making it the most popular museum exhibition of all time. The allure of the King Tut exhibition mystified audiences and influenced everything from fashion, to food, to film - creating 'Tut-Mania' everywhere it travelled.

Already the touchstone of a new generation, more than nine million people have viewed the present-day King Tut exhibitions from National Geographic and Arts & Exhibitions International. Entering its final year, Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs is scheduled to return to Egypt following its 2012 farewell showing in Seattle.

Today, researchers are working to unlock ancient mysteries about the boy king’s life and his sudden. Click here to view “King Tut’s Final Secrets” from National Geographic, a high-tech forensic investigation to solve the mystery of the boy king’s death. Read more about the 2005 CT scans on Tutankhamun’s mummy and what researchers leaned here.